Rwanda

[This post is revised to reflect a correction and revision from the East African.] The East African made an editorial slap at Michael Ranneberger and Jendayi Frazer in its "Cry havoc, and let slip the U.S. ex-diplomats" last Saturday to…

What are the basics of our current foreign policy in East Africa? According to the State Department's Bureau of African Affairs there are now "four pillars" to our policy towards Africa: 1) Strengthening Democratic Institutions; 2) Supporting African economic growth…

Could one make a case that perhaps it was not me after all, but more the Ambassador and/or others at the State Department who "went native" in Kenya over the 2007 election controversy (and in other situations)? Interesting to think…

Ahead of the long-overdue elections scheduled for next month in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the State Department announced the nomination of Dr. Peter Pham, Africa Director at the Atlantic Council, to be Trump's special envoy to the African…

A regulated church modulated by a political military autocrat -- or even a majoritarian elective republic -- would not have allowed a prophetic, challenging voice like that of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. to be heard. It was hard…

From a COMESA Press Release yesterday: COMESA believes that elections play a pivotal role in societal transformation in the region and provide a footstall for entrenching democratic principles. Premised on this critical role, Member States have continued holding periodic elections…

"Uganda at 'crossroads' opposition leader warns" from Amy Fallon for AFP today: Besigye said he feared Uganda is "now very clearly at a crossroads", and demanded an overhaul of the electoral commission running the polls. "If this matter is not…

I wish I had a clear sense of how this might develop but I don't. It seems to me that there may be several areas of impact over the next few years: +Diplomatic leverage of Museveni, Kenyatta, Kigame et al…

Is Uhuru on his way to being the next East African authoritarian American darling? [originally I asked in April 2013; we are moving that much more quickly along the path with Secretary Kerry's current visit ahead of Obama in July, as…